March 28, 2022
East Antarctica, a typically stable region, has experienced dynamic weather over the past few weeks: temperatures 70 degrees above average, massive precipitation from an atmospheric river event, and the collapse of the Conger Ice Shelf. Glaciologist Dr. Peter Neff has been putting these events in context for international media (and his social media followers). “We can’t sleep on East Antarctica thinking it’s a static big ice cube,” said Neff in an interview with NBC News.
Media Mentions
- Ice shelf collapses in previously stable East Antarctica (Associated Press)
- Ice shelf bigger than New York City breaks off eastern Antarctica (Washington Post)
- Satellite data shows entire Conger ice shelf has collapsed in Antarctica (The Guardian)
- A heat wave and snowfall: Why researchers are puzzled by Antarctica's recent weather (NBC News)
- East Antarctica ice shelf collapse, the first in human history for that region, worries scientists (CBS News)
- Thinning Antarctica ice shelf collapses after heatwave (Al Jazeera)